The word for today is - Study !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Study !

 

Reading or listening to the Bible is one thing but studying the Bible is much different. When you study the Bible, you slow down and dig deeper. The Bible is a source of Spiritual Riches that can never be exhausted. You can study it throughout your whole life and will still see something new everyday or everytime you study.The books of the Bible were written by prophets and disciples who served God. Now, did you get that? who served . Who did they serve? God not mankind. The Bible is "God's word" to mankind. The word comes from the greatest teacher of all, God himself. The word is a sound that speaks to your spiritual being.It teaches you how to treat other people and what is right and what is wrong.God also teaches you how to live through the Bible.If you have not read and studied God's word then you will just have your own opinions and your own thoughts about God that are not based on the truth that He has revealed in His word. As you study God's word you create a solid foundation for the things you believe that you can share with others. Lets start with 2 Timothy 2:15,Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. It says you need to study to rightly divide the word, not what you think. Now, read John 15:7, If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Wow, if you abide in Him and His words abide in you, then you are His disciple.This is a powerful promise of God, but it is conditional as we notice two "if" in this Scripture. It says, if His words are abiding in us, and if we are abiding in Him. He states we can ask anything and it will be done if these two things are existent in us. We need understanding,you see God's word never changes, it is us who need to change.  If we are not receiving the answers to our prayers, we need to allow the Word of God to change us. The Word of God never changes; so if there is any changing to be done, it must be on our end, inside of us. "For I am the Lord, I change not". Jesus is the Rock. He is solid and stable and will not change. For this reason we can trust Him and believe the Words He has spoken to us. If He said it, then that settles it. We must seek to know the whole truth and be completely surrendered to the will of God for us to be victorious and successful in Him and our life. The word tells us to seek things that are above. Read Colossians 3:1-3,If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Thank you God for your word. Amen !